Who is Jesus Based On Nicene Creed? Is He A God Or Son of God Or Merely Just A Human?

Understanding the Nicene Creed (Greek Perspective)

I really recommend you to learn Greek because there are many expressions that you won't fully understand without knowing Greek.

Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα
ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων·
καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν
τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν Μονογενῆ,
τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων,
Φῶς ἐκ Φωτός,
Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ,
γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα,
ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί,
δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο·

First Line Explanation

"We believe in One Theos, the Omnipotent Father, the Creator of the Heaven and the Earth, of the seen and also all the unseen"

Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα
ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων·

In the beginning, there is One God, the Father.

Second Line

"And to One Lord, Yesous Khristos, the Only Son of the Theos"

καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν
τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν Μονογενῆ,

Okay, in this line, Yesous Khristos is the only one Son of the Theos. The word "the only one" here is "Monogene Μονογενῆ", it comes from the word "Μονο" which means "Only", and "Gene γενῆ" which comes from the word "Gennao γεννάω" which means "To Give Birth". It means Yesous Khristos is the only Son that The Theos gives birth.

Third Line

"Who was born out of the Father before all ages"

τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων,

This means Yesous Khristos was born from Theos before creation.

Light from Light

Φῶς ἐκ Φωτός

What does it mean? It means Yesous is the Light who comes out of the Light. Imagine like this, Theos is the Great Light, and Yesous is out from this Great Light as a New Light.

True God from True God

Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ,

Yesous is God who comes from Theos.

Born, Not Created

γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα,

Yesous was born, not created. He is not a creation.

Same Substance

ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί

Because Yesous was born out from the True Light, the True Theos, Yesous has all substance of God, Godly substance.

Creator Through Him

δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο·

Everything was created through Yesous (the Logos).

Conclusion

At first there was a God, and this God begot another God, Yesous.

So, you can say Yesous was the Son of this God, which is why Yesous was called the Son of God.

But because Yesous was born from this God, not created, Yesous had all divine substance and therefore Yesous was also God.

So both this God and Yesous created the world and the Universe.

Actually, this is quite simple, and this is what the Nicene Creed is understood to express.

So practically, were there two Gods? You could say that.

Who came into the world and became human? The Father or Yesous? Of course, Yesous — while the Father remained in Heaven.

It is actually quite easy to understand.

However, things become complicated for many people. Even some pastors struggle with this logic, often because they assume that God must necessarily be only one person 😁

I understand that this concept can be difficult for many people to accept or understand.

But this raises an important question:

If someone does not believe exactly as the Nicene Creed teaches, would they be condemned to Hell? 🤔🤔🥴

Understanding God is clearly an extremely difficult task for many people. God may be too complex for humans to fully comprehend.

So the real question is: Would someone truly be condemned just for understanding God differently from the Nicene Creed? 🥴🥴